Her Roommate Called Her A “Psycho” After She Tried To Set Cleaning Boundaries And Threatened To Tell Her Parents About Everything She’s Done “Wrong” Over The Last Few Years
When you have roommates, whether they be a good friend, someone you don’t know very well, or your romantic partner, you still have to set boundaries.
Even if your roommate is someone you love, having boundaries with the people you live with is extremely important for co-existing peacefully.
One woman has been living with a family friend, and their relationship is extremely strained after she tried to set some roommate boundaries.
She’s 20-years-old and lives with her mom’s friend’s daughter, who’s 18. They live in a two-bedroom apartment that’s owned by her parents and have been living together for three years.
Their relationship was never really close, and during the first two years of living together, they were equally as messy. However, she was mostly messy because she was experiencing depression and had no motivation to clean.
Once she got better and got her act together, she realized her roommate simply didn’t do chores in general.
“She never cleans anything except for her room, and even that happens rarely,” she said.
“She often uses my pots and leaves them in the sink for a week or two,” she continued.
“I am extremely annoyed by having to do all the chores myself, but I usually keep my annoyance to myself. At the end of 2023, my roommate stopped talking to me after I told her off for smoking cigarettes in her bed.”
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Since the end of last year, her roommate has chosen to ignore her resistance, but she knew she still had to set some boundaries, as her lack of respect was making the apartment a wreck.
For instance, she recently asked her roommate to stop using her pots for cooking since she never got better about cleaning them when she was finished.
“She completely ignored my request and told me I have no right to tell her not to use my things since she’s renting my parents’ room, so it’s up to them to decide,” she recalled.
“She also called me stupid and a psycho and promised to tell my parents about every single thing that I’ve done ‘wrong’ during those three years.”
Now, she’s worried that if she continues to upset her roommate, her parents will find out about little messy things, like her bad depression spell two years ago and the boys she’s invited over since living there.
However, she feels she’s only making reasonable requests with her roommate and asking her to practice common decency.
What would you do if you were in her shoes?
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